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The two best known members of the Monopennidea, Monopenna and Ancoracauda, in comparison. In difference to flying animals of the earth these creatures evlove directly from aquatic pseudo-athropods which were similar to flying fishes. During the flight the big wings stand nearly still and only the smaller ones flapping very fast to come forward. To land they coil their tail around branches. But not all plants are good places to sleep, some climbers have evlove sticky air roots which become fatal traps for every small animal which tries to land on it.

edit: Yesterday the award exhibition opend and the prizes were given. Well, I got nothing but the vernissage was very nice, I met many nice people and got much compliments for my work.

Yes, but they also need much room to land and to nest, and Silvanus is, how my new Deviation shows, a world full of micro-habitats, without open spaces... and how I mentioned somewhere before: terrestrial animals are relative new inventions of nature here

They are truly beautiful, and I really like the idea of the two little wings working like a propeller! I think this is a really great take on alien "insects" that deviates nicely from what we usually see

Sorry to hear you did not win anything but often its the experience thats the most rewarding. I think your exhibit looked cool! Like you said, you had fun and you met great people. As for these winged Anthropods, they all look great! Awesome concept. But then again I love alot of your work

Now that you added the floating tree thing, I think I understand Silvanus: Originally an ocean world, like a warm Europa maybe, but thanks to the rise of island trees "land" animals have begun to evolve.